Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 746 - 608: Returning to Old Trades, Li代桃僵

Chapter 746: Chapter 608: Returning to Old Trades, Li代桃僵

At Heaven’s Terrace, Chong’en Hall.

A young man in black, with thick eyebrows and square features, sat alone by the window, quietly holding a scroll, lost in thought.

The incense burner beside him sent up curls of fragrant sandalwood smoke, making his somewhat green and stiff face appear even more hazy.

Only his exceptionally lively eyes made it difficult for anyone to overlook him.

However, as soon as footsteps were heard outside the hall, those eyes would instinctively hide all divine light, returning him to an ordinary young man.

He was the corpse chosen from the direct descendants of Emperor Qin Ershi, Ying Buqu.

Precisely undergoing the ritual of seclusion two days in advance to rid himself of distractions, to calm his mind for better communication with his ancestors.

Only, this "communication" ought to be placed in quotes.

It wouldn’t matter if the "corpse" failed to connect with the ancestors; once connection occurred, it was either madness or death, completely beyond his control.

Even the transition from a fake corpse to a real one took only a moment.

Be it the historical Wang Yuan, Eldest Prince Zhou Jingyuan of the Luoyang Wang Family, or today’s Ying Buqu, they were all similarly jinxed members of their families!

Only after the bustling footsteps outside the palace had faded did Ying Buqu’s somewhat listless eyes once again light up, slowly focusing on the scroll in his hands.

It was also a copy of the Qin Records, a historical book of the Great Qin, merely a transcript and thus no magical Deceit Object.

"King Mu commanded Zaofu, touring west, met the West King Holy Mother, delighted and forgot to return.

King Xu Yan opposed, King Mu day rode the Thousand-Mile Horse, attacked King Xu Yan, utterly defeated him. Hence, Zaofu was granted Zhao City, becoming the Zhao Clan..."

Ying Buqu silently recited the origin of his Great Qin Royal Family Ying Clan and the Zhao Clan, sighing deeply:

"Ah, since the first ancestor Zaofu, we have been pursuing immortality, even once mastering a Heavenly Department Taoism technique, the Peach God Tao for prolonging life.

When Emperor Shi unified Jiuzhou, boundless power inflated this desire for immortality to its utmost.

Immortality, the power to disdain the Mortal World, who wouldn’t want that?

Unfortunately, I was pushed forward by those fools in the family who only know how to idle their lives away to serve as a corpse for Emperor Shi.

Not to mention living forever, I might not even see tomorrow’s sun."

The top-ranked branch of Peach God Tao, the Medicine Immortal Sect, was founded by Ying Family ancestor Zaofu, possessing three advanced successive Immortal Elixirs:

The Immortal Elixir, the Penglai Immortal Elixir, the Yaochi Immortal Elixir.

Fully mastering them not only enables one to reach the level of the Green Seal Sage, but also allows one to live at least a hundred years beyond the typical five hundred years lifespan of a common sage.

Yet because of their Great Qin Royal Family status, enhanced by Dragon Energy, even if they held life-extending techniques, they were as useless as scraps of paper.

"I Will NOT resign to this!"

Ying Buqu’s eyes reddened, yet he could only roar silently in his heart.

He refused to calmly accept treatment similar to that of domestic pigs like his fellow clansmen;

He refused to repeat the endless cycle of the Ying Family for thousands of years: eating, marrying, having children, dying;

He refused to be trapped in this stagnant Small Thousand World that had not seen significant change for almost eighteen-hundred years;

He refused to stay useless even though he secretly studied both Dharma and Military skills, in a world dominated by Dharma Clan;

He refused to end up as a handful of dirt for comical reasons, despite being born in a world ripe for transcendence, the Divine Deceit World...

From childhood, there were far too many things he found intolerable.

Had Ying Buqu been a mere mediocre individual, it would have been one thing, but he was anything but a useless idler!

If a Magician opened their Dharma Eye, they would see a bright Heart Light rising above his head, springing like a fountain, reaching almost five feet, nearly touching the hall’s beams.

When Duan Zhiyin first arrived in Yunhe County, she had merely three feet of Heart Light.

She was already proclaimed by the ministers as possessing the talent of an armored scholar, and had she not been a woman, scoring the highest in the imperial exams would have been trivial.

Ying Buqu gently raised his hand, the muscles, fascia, and bones of his arm... seemed to move live, gradually wriggling.

Suddenly expanding like an elephant’s leg, then rapidly contracting as if a chicken’s claw; his skin turned pitch black like iron, yet danced softly as supple as paper.

It was from the Peach God Tao’s Undying Martial Art!

The original model for this Martial Art was the regenerate-limbed newt (Snake Doctor).

During ’Refining Marrow and Changing Blood,’ one must drink Snake Doctor wine, and upon reaching the great success of Daoist Soldier, one can awaken the Innate Divine Ability of Limb Regeneration.

And to achieve the level of control over his Meat Body as Ying Buqu had, reaching the peak of Fourth Realm Military Leader is essential.

This "corpse," soon to face calamity, was clearly a living prodigy excellent in both letters and arms!

Perhaps it was also because of his non-conformist nature that he was seen as an irritating misfit by those in his clan who had long since resigned themselves to their fates.

Breeding warriors over a thousand years, and when the time came, he was the first they pushed out to die.

As the saying goes: "In the world of crows, the swan is at fault."

As a descendant of Zhao Clan, we don’t need someone as outstanding as you showing off.

You flitting about before us all day, aren’t you making us look useless?

Yet even at this desperate moment, Ying Buqu had not given up. Peering through the window at the dark tomb mound, he gritted his teeth:

"I cannot die yet!

I will lead the numb people of Qin to break the destiny that was fixed since birth, to overthrow the domineering rule of ’Qin Law,’ to step out of this tomb-like world...

To tear apart the Qin Law’s net that has entangled everything, creating a magnificent era where even the commoners can choose their own fate, where everyone can be like a dragon!"

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